The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-16
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
DeFuniak mills are idle from lack of
water.
Crops are in fine condition in Gadsden
county.
The citizens of Sanford have raised a
purse as a prize TO encourage the identifying
and improving the yards of the town.
The naughty young people in the vicinity
of Emporia are charged with misbehavior
In church, and prosecution is threatened by
the church folks.
The Young Mems Christian Association, of
Seville, is now complete. They have an
elegant hall, and will by next winter have
all the commences necessary.
Upon application, Bishop Weed has
granted mission to the members of the
Episcopal church at Quincy, and in short
time will appoint the officers.
j. G.. Christopher, owner of the steamer
Queen of the st. Johns, is having his boat
put in repair, and it will be run during the
summer as an excursion boat.
Henry Mosley, of Quitman, had a very
narrow escape from an enraged bull last
week. He was thrown from his horse and
the horse badly gored in the side
The Cedar Key post Office seems to be doing
fairly good business, The postmaster re-
ports that for the week ending May the
money orders sold amounted to 81 300.
Capt. j. G. Petersen is planting beds of
oysters near his residence at Bayou Chico.
The sloop Julia the other day dumped Ito
barrels of the bivalves in the locality, and
more are to follow.
Jordan Colson, of Quincy, an ex-United
States colored soldier, received letter a
few days ago saying he would find check
for several hundred dollars enclosed for
back pension, but there was no check.
Heavy shipments of vegetables continue
to go North from Palatka every day and
the returns, when honestly made, are prov
ing very satisfactory to the shippers. The
up-river boats bring down a good lot every
day
Lightning struck Shepard's storehouse at
Mt. Pleasant last Tuesday. 1t struck the
top, went through the second floor and shat
tered post on the first floor. Five persons
were in a room in which roll of oilcloth
was torn up and coffee sack was ignited,
but nobody felt a shock.
G. a. Russell, of Daytona, had the mis-
| fortune to lose horse by being drowned
| last Monday. He was crossing the river on
| the ferry with his team, when the animal got
| scared jumped OFF the side of the boat, and
| before any assistance could be rendered,
| owing to the harness, the animal was dead.
At Eustis VIII Burdette had a terrific
| struggle with a supposed wild cat Monday
| evening He heard dreadful commotion
| at his barn, and hurried to the spot, armed
with his revolver. The struggle was not
| long, but fearful in character while it
| lasted, and at the end he found that he had
| cruelty put to death one of his neighbor's
| black dogs.
Hon. j. Maxey Dell, United States Timber
| Agent, was in Lake City several days last
week, looking up trespasses committed on
| government lands inside the SIS, 000-acre
| Arredondo grant. The lands unentered in
side the grant are subject to homestead and
| pre-emption, and actual settlers have first
class opportunity to get home for noni
| nal sum there.
Tallahassee advices show that the petition
circulated by. the Fort Mason precinct OBJ
tanned 361 signatures and that the petition
| formulated by the remainder of the terri
tory included in the proposed county, West
| Orange, obtained 9SS signatures. For tenn
porary county seat Tavares received III
| signatures and Eustis, Fort Mason, Una
tilla and Altoona collectively received 572
giving Tavares majority over all Of 20;
| names
Only about 81, 200 of the total of some
thing upward of SCI 900 State and county
taxes assessed for collection in Columbin
| county remains uncollected, and this amount
includes double assessments, reductions by
| the County Commissioners, insolvencieS
dead, removed, etc The total of taxes OF
the land bid in by the State at the late sale
was only SS2S n. Collector Payne nov
has his books and balances ready TO turn ii
to the State
George w. Scott, who was indicted fol
shooting Shiretzld at Micanopy, some six OF
seven months ago, was tried on THURSDAY
under the charge of assault with intent K
murder, for which the penalty is term II
the penitentiary. He was defended by C
L. Fildes, who by his efforts, while not Sc
curing an acquittal, succeeded in having g
verdict rendered for aggravated assault
with q punishment in the county jail for {
term of six months
Sergt. Pennywitt, now at Sanford, ha.
received from Lieut.. Purssell orders to fur,
nish an estimate of the cost of packing anC
placing in the depot at Sanford all the in
strunlents and fixtures belonging to the sig
nal Office at that place Lieut.. Purssel
says the Office will perhaps not be moved be
fore July l. The many petitions which
have been largely circulated and numerously
signed have not been forwarded to the gov,
ernment II the matter is closely followed
and Systematically worked it may yet be-
possible to retain the Office in Sanford.
f. p. Nearer, young Englishman, livine
a short distance down Lake Eustis, made 3
curious capture the other day He had 8
trap set for wild cat, and on going TO il
found one of the oldest freaks of nature
ever seen in the State. The creature, which
was held fast by a foreleg, had head and
forequarters exactly like that Of a pig
while. the rest Of the body was perfect ali
gator. II was about two feet long and
grunted with rage as he approached it,
Having some rope with him he succeeded in
securing the monstrosity, and took it home
with him He shipped it to the New York
Geological gardens.
One day last week young son OF Edward
| Love, living near Quincy, came up to the
house and told him there was a fine buck in
pine thicl1et near his house Mr.. Love
took his old true and tried muzzle- loader
and proceeded TO put in n very large charge
of powder and shot, loading only one bar
rel, He then went to the thicket, and sent
little negro boy in to run out the deer He
did not have long TO wait, for soon out
sprang fine buck and doe within about
thirty PAGES of where he stood. Up went
the gun, and a snap was the result, and away
went the deer. lie was very much provoked
of course, and was loud in his abuse at Mr..
! Willis for putting in a poor gun tube His
son not being satisfied, went and examined
the gun few days afterwards and found
the powder in tho right hand barrel and the
shot and cap in the left hand barrel. Mr..
Love has taken bacl, all he said about the
gun tube.
On Tuesday afternoon last party of ten